Wayne State University’s printmaking program offers both the complete range of traditional media and methods as well as recent approaches exploring new technologies. Housed in four separate studios, plus a darkroom and a papermaking lab, printmaking is able to offer highly specialized modern facilities. The recent addition of new presses and rebuilding of the intaglio studio enhanced students' ability to work with any media or approach they choose.

Small classes enable students to receive personal attention and feedback. Printmaking majors are often assigned semi-private spaces to be used as their "studio."  In addition, an exhibition area adjacent to the printmaking studios features ongoing shows of and about prints.

Advanced and graduate students are encouraged, when appropriate, to participate in the various printmaking exhibitions in our region.  WSU students have done very well in these competitive exhibitions.  Classes frequently visit the nearby Detroit Institute of Arts to make use of their collections as well as to have arranged tours of the Graphic Arts Dept to view original prints not often on view. Visits are also made to other local venues whenever there is an exhibition or lecture of interest. In recent semesters, class trips included Cranbrook, Ann Arbor, Toledo and Windsor, Ontario.

Related to the program, but separate, The Wayne Professional Print Workshop provides an opportunity for trained printmakers no longer in school to access our facilities to continue their creative work. Meeting on Saturdays, the WPPW has proved to be a great success.

Printmaking at WSU offers fine arts students an excellent opportunity to learn this ancient and yet contemporary art form in facilities and classes which emphasize personal artistic development. As either a separate major or in combination with other related art areas, printmaking is an exciting and rewarding course of study.